import "@arcgis/map-components/components/arcgis-line-of-sight";The Line Of Sight component is a 3D analysis tool that allows you to perform line of sight visibility analysis in a Scene. Visibility between a given observer and multiple target points is calculated against the currently displayed content in the view, including the ground, integrated meshes, and 3D objects such as buildings or trees.

The analysis results are displayed as colored lines, where areas visible to the observer are shown green and occluded parts are marked in red. Also, the color of the target points indicates their visibility. When the line of sight cannot be calculated, it will be displayed with a gray color. This may happen if either the target or the observer is not in the view.
When creating a new line of sight analysis, the first click in the Scene creates the observer and subsequent clicks place the targets. Both the observer and target points can be moved by dragging. Additionally, the target points can be removed with a right click.
Known limitation
Line Of Sight is only supported in a 3D Scene component.
See also
Demo
Properties
| Property | Attribute | Type |
|---|---|---|
analysis | | LineOfSightAnalysis |
autoDestroyDisabled | auto-destroy-disabled | boolean |
iconreflected | icon | string |
label | label | string |
messageOverrides | | Record<string, unknown> |
positiondeprecated | position | "bottom-leading" | "bottom-left" | "bottom-right" | "bottom-trailing" | "manual" | "top-leading" | "top-left" | "top-right" | "top-trailing" |
referenceElement | reference-element | HTMLArcgisLinkChartElement | HTMLArcgisMapElement | HTMLArcgisSceneElement | string |
statereadonlyreflected | state | "created" | "creating" | "disabled" | "ready" |
view | | SceneView |
analysis
analysis: LineOfSightAnalysisThe LineOfSightAnalysis created or modified by the component.
When connecting the Line Of Sight component to the Scene component, it automatically creates an empty analysis and adds it to the Scene's analyses collection. Whenever the component is destroyed, the analysis is automatically removed from the collection.
Alternatively, a programmatically created analysis can be provided to the component. Then, the application itself needs to add it to and later remove it from the Scene's analyses collection.
//Create the analysis.
const lineOfSightAnalysis = new LineOfSightAnalysis({
observer: new LineOfSightAnalysisObserver({
position: new Point({
spatialReference: { latestWkid: 3857, wkid: 102100 },
x: -13624828.3377593,
y: 4550305.319405007,
z: 105.55410975124687
}),
}),
targets: [ new LineOfSightAnalysisTarget({
position: new Point({
spatialReference: { latestWkid: 3857, wkid: 102100 },
x: -13624944.17687458,
y: 4550420.577689567,
z: 0
}),
})
]
});
// Get the Scene and Line Of Sight component and wait until they are ready.
const viewElement = document.querySelector("arcgis-scene");
await viewElement.viewOnReady();
const lineOfSight = document.querySelector("arcgis-line-of-sight");
await lineOfSight.componentOnReady();
// Add the analysis to the Scene component.
viewElement.analyses.add(lineOfSightAnalysis);
// Connect the analysis to the component:
lineOfSight.analysis = lineOfSightAnalysis;autoDestroyDisabled
autoDestroyDisabled: booleanIf true, the component will not be destroyed automatically when it is disconnected from the document. This is useful when you want to move the component to a different place on the page, or temporarily hide it. If this is set, make sure to call the destroy method when you are done to prevent memory leaks.
- Attribute
- auto-destroy-disabled
- Default value
- false
icon
icon: stringIcon which represents the component. Typically used when the component is controlled by another component (e.g. by the Expand component).
- See also
- Attribute
- icon
- Default value
- "line-of-sight"
messageOverrides
messageOverrides: Record<string, unknown>Replace localized message strings with your own strings.
Note: Individual message keys may change between releases.
position
position: "bottom-leading" | "bottom-left" | "bottom-right" | "bottom-trailing" | "manual" | "top-leading" | "top-left" | "top-right" | "top-trailing"slot instead.- Attribute
- position
referenceElement
referenceElement: HTMLArcgisLinkChartElement | HTMLArcgisMapElement | HTMLArcgisSceneElement | stringBy assigning the id attribute of the Map or Scene component to this property, you can position a child component anywhere in the DOM while still maintaining a connection to the Map or Scene.
- Attribute
- reference-element
state
state: "created" | "creating" | "disabled" | "ready"The component's state. The values mean the following:
disabled- not ready yetready- ready for analysiscreating- observer/target points are being placedcreated- finished analysis
- Attribute
- state
view
view: SceneViewThe view associated with the component.
Note: The recommended approach is to fully migrate applications to use map and scene components and avoid using MapView and SceneView directly. However, if you are migrating a large application from widgets to components, you might prefer a more gradual transition. To support this use case, the SDK includes this
viewproperty which connects a component to a MapView or SceneView. Ultimately, once migration is complete, the Line Of Sight component will be associated with a map or scene component rather than using theviewproperty.
Methods
| Method | Signature |
|---|---|
clear | clear(): Promise<void> |
componentOnReady | componentOnReady(): Promise<void> |
continue | continue(): Promise<void> |
destroy | destroy(): Promise<void> |
start | start(): Promise<void> |
stop | stop(): Promise<void> |
clear
clear(): Promise<void>Clear the current analysis results. After calling this method, the user can set a new observer and targets.
- Returns
- Promise<void>
componentOnReady
componentOnReady(): Promise<void>Create a promise that resolves once component is fully loaded.
Example
const arcgisLineOfSight = document.querySelector("arcgis-line-of-sight");
document.body.append(arcgisLineOfSight);
await arcgisLineOfSight.componentOnReady();
console.log("arcgis-line-of-sight is ready to go!");- Returns
- Promise<void>
continue
continue(): Promise<void>After stop() was called, this method allows to continue the line of sight analysis and add more targets.
- Returns
- Promise<void>
stop
stop(): Promise<void>Stop the current placing of line of sight analysis. Any lines added this far are kept in the view. Users can still interact with existing targets and the observer, but they cannot place new target points.
- Returns
- Promise<void>
Events
| Event | Type |
|---|---|
arcgisPropertyChange | CustomEvent<{ name: "state" | "analysis"; }> |
arcgisReady | CustomEvent<void> |
arcgisPropertyChange
arcgisPropertyChange: CustomEvent<{ name: "state" | "analysis"; }>Emitted when the value of a property is changed. Use this to listen to changes to properties.
arcgisReady
arcgisReady: CustomEvent<void>Emitted when the component associated with a map or scene view is ready to be interacted with.